The Gambia

Capital city — Banjul

Country population
2,280,102
i
2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
31
i
04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.466
(174/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
9.3
i
2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of incarcerated people
691
i
04/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
173 %
i
11/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
3
i
2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
2.5 %
i
11/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.3 %
i
11/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
22.2 %
i
2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
i
PdM

+

Panorama Seen in the press

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

2.5 %

i

11/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

1.3 %

i

11/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

22.2 %

i

2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

i